Bishop Kearney boys win state basketball title

Mid-season struggles strengthened resolve for Kearney

10:27 PM,
Mar. 17, 2013

Kearney's head coach Jon Boon is hoisted high over the court by the Kings big men to show off the championship hardware following NYSPHSAA Class AA boys basketball championship at the Glens Falls Civic Center. Bishop Kearney won the state title with a 45-39 victory over New Rochelle.

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Bishop Kearney, the boys basketball team that was suppossed to cruise to a state championship because of talent, had wheels that wobbled at about the halfway point of this season.

The Kings had a 5-7 record after a road trip to Ohio with a Syracuse University-recruit, a talented 6-foot-9 sophomore and even more talent on their roster, albeit with a schedule of opponents set up to challenge this team with rare height among their frontcourt players.

"The wheels were falling off,'' Bishop Kearney coach Jon Boon said. "Everyone had an opinion, and they were voicing it very loudly.'' ...